YOU Are The One We've Been Waiting For: The GLBT Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Monday June 29, 2009 · 9:00 PM PDT

2009/06/29 · 21:00

(crossposted on www.indianaequality.org)

Something occurred to me in the middle of the Pride Parade in Chicago this weekend. These sort of events are becoming so mainstream as to no longer be able to shock and awe the masses. Of course, the odd rightwinger or Bible-thumping preacher would be incensed by the sight of even one handsome bare-chested boy on a float, but the culture has moved past that I think.

As we walked down Halstead after the parade, I was struck by the fact that I'd seen not a single protestor. I'm sure that somewhere on the fringe there were the sad banner holding folks that we always see. And I am sure the Westboro Baptist Church was to be found at a Pride event somewhere. But honestly, I usually expect to see those folks to validate our claims to be oppressed in a twisted sort of way. (For those of you who will argue that we are, regardless of the protestors, I will concede and agree to that without qualification.)

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Wednesday June 24, 2009 · 8:24 PM PDT

2009/06/24 · 20:24

(Crossposted from www.indianaequality.org )

Like Dracula rising from the grave with the wooden stake still plunged in his heart, the Marriage Discrimination Amendment (currently styled as HJR3) has returned for a summer rerun. The special session of the Indiana General Assembly, called by Governor Mitch Daniels to deal with passage of a state budget, was presented with this proverbial rotten egg this week by State Representatives Eric Turner (R-Marion) and Dave Cheatham (D –North Vernon).

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Tuesday October 21, 2008 · 8:23 PM PDT

2008/10/21 · 20:23

My parents, who never revealed directly whom they voted for, were always the first people in line at their local polling place in Fayette County. I have never missed an election since turning 18, including every primary election. I even voted absentee all those years when I was at Ball State.

I live in Tippecanoe County now. There is rarely a contested primary in the local Democratic Party, so I vote in the Republican primary to defeat the evil ones. But I always went to the polls before work on Election Day. And my students expect to see that "I Voted" sticker on the real day.

So why the change this year?

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John Sidney McCain's All Purpose Answer

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Tuesday August 26, 2008 · 5:57 PM PDT

2008/08/26 · 17:57

NOUN, VERB, POW!!!

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Sunday August 17, 2008 · 10:56 AM PDT

2008/08/17 · 10:56

ARGH!!!

Last night I met a couple of friends (one was a former student) for dinner. We hadn't planned the dinner, but I was in town after meetings and just hangin out anyway. Relaxed and usually fun, the discussion turned suddenly very sour.

Note, the former student is planning to vote Obama, so we'd been talking about possible VP picks as we led into this very heated argument.

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Sunday May 11, 2008 · 5:43 PM PDT

2008/05/11 · 17:43

The Unexpected Democrat

My sister's father-in-law is a born and bred Kentucky native who has lived and worked in Fayette County
for decades. He retired from Visteon-- had worked at the plant for decades as well. He's a dyed-in the
wool Republican, having even served as a Republican County Commissioner in the late 1980s. I know he's
what one might even call him a quintessential redneck, but I really like him.

gnwmann

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Tuesday May 06, 2008 · 10:35 AM PDT

2008/05/06 · 10:35

I may be a bit biased, but I think Tippecanoe County has it all over the rest of the state in terms of elections. We went to the touch-screen system as of 2002, way before the mandate was passed.

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Monday April 07, 2008 · 7:02 PM PDT

2008/04/07 · 19:02

While the final numbers are not in from the Election headquarters, it is clear already that the workers in Tippecanoe County have collected 1000s of NEW or changed registrations!

NOW our task is to make sure that those Purdue student voters are aware of how to vote this round and when. Pass this along..

STEPS:

To Vote in Indiana -- bring your state approved photo ID (Drivers License or ID) or a US Passport with an expiration date. Purdue ID does not work. (IF you need a photo ID -- got to the BMV and get one for $10.

If your IN Drivers License does not have your current address you must ALSO bring a copy of a bank statement, utility bill, government document, paycheck -- with your name and current address. Official insitutional documents are needed, not random mail.

VOTE -- in Stewart Center on April 17-18th -- even before PA!! (And then sit back and study for those finals!)

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